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werewolf

noun
/ˈwɛːwʊlf/UK/ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/US

Etymology

From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werewulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv, and even possibly Finnish vironsusi. By surface analysis, were- + wolf. * Compare French garou in loup-garou; French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”); Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”); all from Germanic, probably Frankish *werawulf.

  1. inherited from *werawulf✻
  2. inherited from werewulf
  3. inherited from werwolf

Definitions

  1. A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said…

    A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

    • Near-synonym: dogman

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA